Huawei:VRP

Versatile Routing Platform for Huawei network devices.

Basics

Connecting via Console [Windows]

1. Plug a Console cable into the Cisco switch and connect the cable to your laptop/whatever. Best type of cable to use is USB to Console;
2. Check Windows "Device Manager" - "Ports (COM & LPT)" to view what COM port is in use;
3. Use a Serial client (such as Putty) to connect to the switch by filling in the correct COM port;
4. In the opened CLI, you may have to press Enter to see the first CLI output.

You may have to modify the Serial interface settings in your Serial client depending on the switch you're connecting with.

https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/doc/EDOC1100137934/f86aae6a/logging-in-through-a-console-port
Cloud Engine switches/routers need:
- 9600 baud
- 8 data bits
- 1 stop bit
- no parity
- no flow control

Commandline

Basics

• https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/doc/EDOC1000178166/c1bb51ce/entering-command-views

# Quit the current view or quit the session if in User view
quit

# Enter System view from User view mode to perform switch configuration
system-view

# Enter Interface view for interface 10GE1/0/40
interface 10GE1/0/40

# Enter user view mode from any other mode
return

# Shutdown a port
shutdown

# Bring up a shutdown interface
undo shutdown

# Use the "run" command to execute a User view command within System view mode
run display version

# Display the configuration of the current view (can be used in any view, including Interface view)
display this

Use the TAB key for command auto-completion when you have typed in sufficient keys.

Use the UP and DOWN keys to 'scroll' through any previous commands you've executed.

# Use "?" to list all available commands in any EXEC mode
sw1-huawei#?
[~sw11-10GE1/0/1]?
Current view commands:
  carrier             Set carrier function
  cfm                 Connectivity fault management
  clear               Clear configuration
  commit              Commit the configuration to the system
...

# Also use the "?" key to show available parameters to any command
[~sw01]display current-configuration ?
  all              All configuration including those of unavailable cards or
                   slots
  configuration    The pre-positive and post-positive configuration information
  inactive         Configuration of unavailable cards or slots
  include-default  Include default configuration
  interface        Interface configuration information
  |                Matching output

Checks

Common

# Show basic system information (User view)
display version

# Show the time
display clock

# Display latest 10 commands entered
display history-command

Configuration

# Show the current configuration
display current-configuration

# Show the configuration that will be used for the next reboot
display saved-configuration

# Show the current configuration for interface 10GE1/0/1
display current-configuration interface 10GE1/0/1

# Display all interface configurations
display current-configuration interface

Configuration

# Display logs
display logbuffer

# Display logs starting from a specific date
display logbuffer starttime 2023/10/02,10:27:00

# Display logs for a specific log severity level
display logbuffer level 4

# Display 10 logs
display logbuffer size 10

# Combine parameters to filter for logs
display logbuffer level 4 size 10

Network

Common

# Ping IP 8.8.8.8
ping 8.8.8.8

VLANs

# Display all VLANs and the interfaces they're used on
display vlan

# Show all defined VLANs
display vlan summary

Interfaces

# Show shorthand summary of switchport-state, down/up status, utilization and errors
display interface brief

# Show detailed interface information such as input/output packets, CRS errors, Discards and more
display interface

# Show counter information for all interfaces
display counters

# Show counters for a specific interface
display counters interface 10GE1/0/20

Configuration

Common

# Change the system name to sw02
sysname sw02

# Configure the switches' domain
dns domain brammerloo.nl

# Configure Dutch time ;)
clock timezone CEST add 01:00:00
clock daylight-saving-time METDST repeating 02:00 last Sun Mar 02:00 last Sun Oct 03:00

# Disable logs, traps and debugs from being output directly to your terminal
undo terminal monitor